Pathogenesis-related mutations in the T-loops of human mitochondrial tRNAs affect 3′ end processing and tRNA structure

RNA Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 283-291

  Levinger, Louis ^a   Serjanov, Dmitri ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEASE; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; ENZYME BINDING; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MITOCHONDRION; PATHOGENESIS; RNA BINDING; RNA PROCESSING; RNA STRUCTURE; T WAVE;

BASE SEQUENCE; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA; RNA 3' END PROCESSING; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA, TRANSFER;

EID: 84860731953     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.19025     Document Type: Article

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